James A. Henretta
Eric Hinderaker
Rebecca Edwards
Robert O. Self
America’s History
Eighth Edition
America: A Concise History
Sixth Edition
CHAPTER 16
Conquering a Continent
1854–1890
Copyright © 2014 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
I. The Republican Vision
A. The New Union and the World
1. Foreign relations
2. William Seward
I. The Republican Vision
B. Integrating the National Economy
1. Tariffs and Economic Growth
2. The Role of Courts
3. Silver and Gold
II. Incorporating the West
A. Mining Empires
1. Nevada’s Comstock Lode
2. Corporate mining
II. Incorporating the West
B. Cattlemen on the Plains
1. Removal of bison
2. Ranching
II. Incorporating the West
C. Homesteaders
1. Women in the West
2. Environmental Challenges
II. Incorporating the West
D. The First National Park
1. Preservation
2. Tourism
III. A Harvest of Blood:
Native Peoples Dispossessed
A. The Civil War and Indians on the Plains
1. Dakota Sioux
2. Cheyenne
III. A Harvest of Blood:
Native Peoples Dispossessed
B. Grant’s Peace Policy
1. Indian Boarding Schools
2. Breaking Up Tribal Lands
III. A Harvest of Blood:
Native Peoples Dispossessed
C. The End of Armed Resistance
1. Sitting Bull and Custer
2. Battle of Little Big Horn
III. A Harvest of Blood:
Native Peoples Dispossessed
D. Strategies of Survival
1. Syncretism
2. Wounded Knee
III. A Harvest of Blood:
Native Peoples Dispossessed
E. Western Myths and Realities
1. Buffalo Bill Cody
2. Frederick Jackson Turner
3. General William Sherman’s death